Dino Babers’ first season at Syracuse comes with few certainties – a new offense that will go as fast as possible, a new defensive scheme, a few players who can be described as known commodities, and that’s about it.
When Dino Babers arrived at Syracuse, he scrapped that philosophy in favor of the Tampa 2 defense, a zone-heavy defense where pressure on the quarterback is mostly left to the four defensive linemen up front.
This year in Rio, former Syracuse star Carmelo Anthony is the unquestioned leader and veteran on a younger Olympics squad missing the usual big-time names.